University of Health Sciences MBBS final exams

UHS announces results of MBBS final exams
Lahore, Feb 26: The University of Health Sciences (UHS) announced the result of final professional MBBS annual
examination on Thursday. A total of 1745 candidates from 11 affiliated medical
colleges appeared in the exam out of whom 1314 passed and 375 failed. The result
of 56 candidates was put on the RL list.

The pass percentage remained 77.80
percent. Yasir Illahi of Nishtar Medical College, Multan, got first position by
securing 1261/1500 marks. Muhammad Imran Haider of Nishtar Medical College,
Multan, and Samreena Saleem of University Medical College, Faisalabad, got
second and third positions by securing 1256/1500 and 1255/1500 marks
respectively. The supplementary exams will commence on April 08.

Lack of facilities at Punjab varsity
Lahore: A number of students from the Punjab University (PU) staging a protest demonstration on
Thursday criticised the university administration for 'lack of facilities' at
hostels of the PU Old Campus.

According to a press statement, the protestors
said most of the students boarding at varsity's Old Campus hostels were students
of PU College of Information Technology (PUCIT), adding that owing to
unavailability of internet facility at hostels they had to face problems.

Chief Minister Punjab
Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif had announced the cash prizes in appreciation of PU
examination staff's extraordinary performance in the timely announcement of the
BA and BSc annual results for the year 2009.

A press release said the cheques
equivalent to the respective employee's one month basic salary were given to the
officers and staff of the Examination Department. Controller Examination Dr
Zahid Karim Khan was also present on the occasion. Addressing the gathering, the
PU VC said promotion of literacy and education was the top most priority on the
agenda of the Khadim-e-Ala Punjab.

Dr Mujahid Kamran further said the
unprecedented educational reforms introduced by the chief minister for speedy
development of the education sector would always be remembered in history of the
province.

Referring to the setting up of Endowment Fund as well as
distribution of Rs 120 million worth of cash prizes amongst the top position
holders belonging to the under-privileged and deprived classes in addition to
arranging their visits to academic institutions of advanced countries, the
vice-chancellor said that these un-paralleled academic measures had paved the
way for a silent revolution.

Teacher training vital to education
Lahore: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that teachers
training is of paramount importance for the promotion of education and to equip
the youth with modern knowledge.

He said, for the first time in the
history of the country, 37,000 educators had been recruited on merit for the
training of the nation builders. He said that teachers' training institutes had
been reorganized and set on modern lines, to enable teachers provide proper
guidance to students.

He was talking to a delegation of Pakistan
Education Taskforce, led by its Co-Chairs Shahnaz Wazeer Ali and Sir Michael
Barber, at the Chief Minister's Secretariat, here Thursday.

Shahbaz Sharif said education, health and maintenance of law and order
were the top priorities of the present government and revolutionary measures had
been taken for the improvement of education sector during the last two years. He
said the former government had made tall claims for the betterment of education
sector but the facts showed quite a different picture.

Shahbaz Sharif said
that we need to follow Islamic teachings to
make Pakistan an Islamic welfare state and promote the sentiments of
brotherhood, mutual unity and harmony in the society.

Later, The
senior advisor to the Punjab chief minister, Sardar Zulfiqar
Ali Khan Khosa, has said the government will consider the board employees
genuine demands sympathetically and take measures to solve their legitimate
problems.

Presiding over a meeting of the committee, formed by the chief
minister to consider the demands of employees of educational boards, Khosa said
the government would provide grant to the educational boards to run their day to
day affairs until alternate arrangements of finance were made.

As the case regarding the demand of 15 per cent
increase in existing medical allowance was pending in the court, the board
employees should withdraw this demand and accept the court verdict, the meeting
said.

The senior advisor asked the representatives of the board
employees to submit their demands in black and white to the Education secretary
and the government will solve their genuine problems.

Private schools registration
Lahore: Secretary School Education Muhammad Aslam Kamboh has directed EDOs
(Education) and DMOs of the province to ensure and complete registration, survey
of private schools by April 15.

The circular issued in this regard
states that private schools are rendering commendable services while
registration of the private schools is the weakest aspect of the educational
management in the province.

He further said to promote the private
sector schools, the department had already notified enhancement of registration
period of schools for five years in case of those functioning in rented building
while 10 years for schools functioning in buildings owned by the management.
Besides, the registration fee of these schools has also been reduced. To bring
these schools in the mainstream, legislation is also on way, he
added.

Secretary Schools further said introduction of uniform education
system was the priority area of the government. The Punjab Examination
Commission would conduct a uniform examination for Grade 5 and 8 students, he
said, adding the exams had been declared mandatory for all the private
schools.

He directed all the EDOs (Edu) and DMOs to undertake a
comprehensive survey of private schools in the province, saying special teams
would be constituted by them to visit the private schools and ensure on-the-spot
registration. The EDOs are required to complete the task by April 15, 2010, he
added.

He further directed that the process must be transparent and even
dining or taking refreshment from private schools should by avoided by the
officers /officials of School Education Department.

LUMS students internship
Lahore: The Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) has offered
internship opportunities to the students of Lahore University of Management
Sciences (LUMS).

The announcement to this effect was made by Kamal Hyat,
Chief Executive/Managing Director, PPAF, during his visit to the LUMS and an
interactive session with students on Thursday.

He further said the PPAF
would provide an opportunity to the LUMS graduates to link up with communities,
enable them to immerse with them and work with the poor people at the grassroots
level. He said the development sector had become viable and offered dynamic
employment opportunities to the young professionals.

Kamal Hyat said the
elite-poor interaction would help the former realise the problems of the poor,
who had great potential and energies but did not have resources to utilise their
potentials for their own betterment. He said the PPAF was already running the
Young Professionals Programme (YPS), and the students at the LUMS could benefit
to understand the problems of the poor masses.

He maintained that the
youths were the future of Pakistan, and the LUMS was one of the best
institutions producing young leaders and specialists in every field of life. He
said the PPAF was empowering the poor people and helping them realise their
potentials so that they could chalk out their own destiny. Keeping this in mind,
he said the PPAF would be considering supporting the LUMS National Outreach
Programme (NOP).

In his presentation, Ahmed Jamal, Chief Strategy
Officer, PPAF, briefed the students about the ten years performance of the
institution, purpose of the establishment of PPAF and its future plans.

Dr Fahim-ul-Islam, Associate Dean, LUMS, briefed the visiting PPAF
delegation about various programmes being offered to the students, particularly
the Social Enterprise Development Centre and its activities. He said the LUMS
and PPAF would soon be launching various training programmes for the students
and development practitioners.

UET, SMEDA project
Lahore: The foundation stone of the Foundry Service Center was laid at the
University of Engineering & Technology (UET) on Thursday.

Small and
Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) Chief Executive Officer Shahid
Rashid and UET Vice Chancellor Lt Gen (r) Mohammad Akram Khan laid down the
foundation stone of the Foundry Service Center (FSC) which was being taken as a
joint project of SMEDA, UET and Pakistan Foundry Association
(PFA).

Addressing the participants of the ceremony, Shahid Rashid said
the government of Pakistan had granted approval to the project last year and
provided funds of Rs 179.40 million in this regard. "A piece of land, measuring
approximately four kanal, has been provided by the UET for the project" he
added.

A presentation was also made on the occasion according to which
over 1800 foundries were operating in the country including Lahore, Faisalabad,
Gujranwala, Sargodha, Multan, Peshawar and Karachi and 95 percent of the
existing foundries fell in the category of SMEs.

It was stated that
operation of the Foundry Service Centre at UET would enable the foundry sector
avail modern facilities like computer aided pattern designing, material testing
and training. The news

3 IUB students held
Bahawalpur: The Baghdadul Jadid police on Thursday arrested three
students of the Islamia University Bahawalpur, who were among several pupils
nominated in the FIR of Feb 19 on-campus violence.

The police, on the
complaint of university officials, had registered a case against scores of
students, including 19 nominated ones of the IUB's engineering department. Those
arrested on Thursday were Safdar, Rameez and Adeel (nominated) while the police
said they were conducting raids to arrest the others.

During the clash
students of two rival groups set ablaze rooms of an hostel and ransacked the
VC's office and art gallery. Two university buses also were 'hijacked'. Dawn